In this week’s article I address the issue of copywriting. Read all about it in my free ezine at: The Great Ideazine.

First my laptop began acting up and behaving oddly on an intermittent basis. Then it crashed. I tried a number of recovery techniques, but none were successful. Formatting and starting over was the only answer.

I barely got my laptop up and running when I headed on the road. I had a newsletter to put out, but I either had the programs I needed, or I could download them on the road.

Good idea. Bad execution. Sure I could download anything I needed because there is Freeware or Trial Ware to do most anything. Unfortunately, I forgot one tiny little thing. Before I could use anything I created, I needed the login and passwords for Aweber, my autoresponder folks, and my website. Duh! They were at home on my desktop, and I had no access to it. Oh well, I’ll just have to finish up when I get home.

Not to be. As soon as I turned on my desktop it began to behave erratically. I quickly discerned that it was my keyboard – ever try to fix a keyboard when you can’t type anything into your computer. Not an easy task.

After much sleuthing, it turned out to be my wireless keyboard. Even though I replaced it with a wired keyboard, my problems continued – turns out that the wireless keyboard messed up all keyboard drivers. Once I got the old driver deleted, and restarted my computer, I was back in business.

It’ll take me a couple of days, but I expect to catch up fairly quickly ;>)

Try to keep in mind that success is not defined by how much money you make, but rather how close you come to achieving your own personal goals. Although he must make enough money to live, the chap’s major goal is to make a difference to the life of the people he serves.

In the Beginning

Originally, his business started out as a limited menu café, catering especially to the lunch time crowd from the nearby high school. The area around the café is mainly lower income, with a large percentage of the families dependent on outside agencies for their income. The café initially had some success, and he was able to interact with the students, and influence some of them to see the importance of an education, and to attend school regularly.

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If you have a great logo or graphic, this may be the way for you to go. For more ideas on this topic, read the rest of my free newsletter at The Great Ideazine.

I don’t know. But I do know one thing: Now is the time to take advantage of the physical product phenomenon. We’re on the leading edge of a trend (for once) – and people are searching and questioning every offer, skeptical about every sales letter. They’re less inclined to carelessly drop $47 on a digital file that’s probably full of poorly worked PLR content anyway.

They’re more conscious of value, and they want something tangible that makes them feel that they spent their money wisely.

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Once you have the domain, you can just re-sell it, but the profit margin will be slim. It’s much better to add value to the name before you try to sell it. This is not an onerous task.

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Happy New Year

Let’s have some fun!

My friends Geoff Hoff and Steve Mancini are ringing in the new year by cordially inviting you to join them on a lively, informative and entertaining webinar on Writing with their friend, (and mine too!) Connie Ragen Green as moderator…

And it’s F.R.E.E!

http://www.TipsOnWriting.net/seminar

Geoff and Steve have been writing together for over eleven years. Over the years, they’ve honed their writing process and eventually began to notice that they approached each project in a very similar way. It
seemed magical and intuitive, but there was something familiar about it each time.

Several years ago they started examining the process they used to write. As they looked at it dispassionately it became clear that the process was repeatable, that it could be replicated. That it could
be taught to others. This was an exciting discovery.

They’ve since created a series of how-to books on the writing process. They’ve gotten several notes from
people who, using these book and following along with them, have written their first stories.

http://www.TipsOnWriting.net/seminar

Now they’re giving a free webinar about the process of writing and of creativity itself.

If you have ever thought you’d like to write, or if you’ve ever been confused by any of the parts of the
process, I urge you to join their class. If you are a writer and find yourself overwhelmed with ideas or lack
any new ideas, or if you frequently experience what people call “writer’s block”, I urge you to join their
class.

The webinar class will be held on Monday,
January 4th, 2010 at 5 p.m. PST, 8 p.m. EST.

To find out about it:
http://www.TipsOnWriting.net/seminar

Sincerely,

Geoff Hoff

I’ll be looking for you at the webinar.

Mr Idea

The Great Ideazine